By Ayesha Williamson | Executive Director
Dear friends,
A year ago we asked you to join Alison Bartosik to help get more KEEN kids swimming. In the last 12 months, you've helped us increase capacity to serve more swimmers, train more volunteer coaches and offer more parents the opportunity to take a little break and sit back and enjoy the smile on their child's face while they splash around in the pool under the watchful eye of our coaches and the fabulous Lifeguard, Michelle.
KEEN SF needs your help more than ever!
With increasing diagnosis of children with special needs and unique abilities, we accept all children of any disability most with; Autism Spectrum Disorders, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Intellectual Disability/Mental Retardation, Angelman Syndrome and any child who needs us.
First 5 of California tells us; there are more than 10 percent of children ages 0 to 5 in California with a disability or special need that may impact their ability to play and learn. And, that number increases with age and time of diagnosis. On average, 1 in 110 children will be diagnosed with Autism, 1 in 800 children are diagnosed with Down Syndrome and 1 in 1,000 children will be diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. In 2009 3,900 new cases do Autism were diagnosed of children under the age of 3.
Kids need KEEN. They need our programs to help them connect to their peers and embrace healthy recreation and play.
And we need you! Global Giving is offering a Bonus Day: March 16!
On March 16, GlobalGiving.org is matching at 30% all online donations up to $1,000 per donor per project! There is $75,000 available in matching funds on March 16. Once these matching funds are used, we will no longer be matching. We encourage you to let your donors know about this opportunity through your own donor communications and by submitting a project report. Remember: project reports are sent to donors the day after they are approved, so they must be submitted by March 14th to guarantee they will get to your donors in time for the matching day.
In addition to the 30% match, GlobalGiving is offering a $1,000 bonus to the project that raises the most funds that day and a $1,000 bonus to the project that receives donations from the most individual donors!
Terms and Conditions:• Matching is applied up to $1,000 per donor per project on March 16, 2011 between 12:01am and 11:59 pm EST (GMT-4) until matching funds run out;
• There is $75,000 available matching funds;
• Projects must be approved and live on the GlobalGiving.org website by March 15th;
• Only online donations (credit card or paypal) are eligible for matching. Donations made by check are not eligible;
• Donations made on www.globalgiving.co.uk or any GlobalGiving corporate sites (including Nike, Global Action Atlas, etc) are NOT eligible for matching
Make the most of your donation and give early on March 16th to help little swimmers.
Warmest regards,
Ayesha Williamson, Executive Director
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